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Mauna Kea's future can be glimpsed in the Society Islands of French Polynesia.
莫纳克亚山在法属玻利尼西亚的社会群岛上能依稀一瞥
The peaks of these islands once rose much higher than this from the ocean floor.
这些岛的山峰曾经比海底要升的高得多
It's been almost two million years since their volcanoes first broke through the ocean.
自从火山从海洋中首次爆发以来几乎200万年。
But erosion is washing away their volcanic cores.
侵蚀已洗刷掉火山本来的面貌
Now the only growth occurs just below sea level, on what was once the mountain's sloping flanks.
如今唯一的增长发生在海平面下，在惜日山脉侧面斜坡上。
In the shallow waters around an island's base, coral reefs rise towards the surface.
浅海围绕着岛屿的基部，珊瑚礁朝着海面升高。

Of all the formations in the Pacific, these reefs are by far the richest in life.
太平洋里的一切构成，这里暗礁中的生命尤为丰富
There are hundreds of different kinds of coral.
数百种不同的珊瑚
And all are made up of millions of tiny creatures called polyps, each covered in a hard skeleton.
全由一种叫珊瑚虫的微小动物产生，彼此都覆盖着坚硬的骨架。
Reefs are home to thousands of specialists...
暗礁是数千专家的家
like these razorfish that blend in to the staghorn coral around them.
像这些淡绿连鳍唇鱼与周围的雄鹿角珊瑚很协调。
But not all animals here need to blend in.
不只是这里的动物与环境协调。

视频及简介

目击地球上最大的海洋中的岛屿出生，成长和死亡。数百万年的历程浓缩在1小时，展现海底火山爆发时难以忘目的影像，熔岩流在海浪下面爆炸。路和房子被熔岩流埋葬。从狂暴开始显露无比丰富的珊瑚礁供养着大群的灰真鲨和大蝠鲼。南太平洋升起的陆地同样为一些非常陌生的动物带来生命，从能在热带冰雪中兴旺发达的吸血虫，依靠火山泉孵蛋的塚雉，到被珊瑚山截留的大群水母群。